Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Improve hugepage allocation success rates underload V3

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Tue Aug 14 2012 - 05:24:12 EST


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:35:46PM -0600, Jim Schutt wrote:
> Hi Mel,
>
> On 08/12/2012 02:22 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
>
> >
> >I went through the patch again but only found the following which is a
> >weak candidate. Still, can you retest with the following patch on top and
> >CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING set please?
> >
>
> I've gotten in several hours of testing on this patch with
> no issues at all, and no output from CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
> (I'm assuming it would show up on a serial console). So,
> it seems to me this patch has done the trick.
>

Super.

> CPU utilization is staying under control, and write-out rate
> is good.
>

Even better.

> You can add my Tested-by: as you see fit. If you work
> up any refinements and would like me to test, please
> let me know.
>

I'll be adding your Tested-by and I'll keep you cc'd on the series. It'll
look a little different because I'm expect to adjust it slightly to match
Andrew's tree but there should be no major surprises and my expectation is
that testing a -rc kernel after it gets merged is all that is necessary. I'm
planning to backport this to -stable but it'll remain to be seen if I can
convince the relevant maintainers that it should be merged.

Thanks.

--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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